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Epilogue: Farewell to the Stage of History (最終章 - さらば、歴史のステージ Sai shūshō - Saraba, Rekishi no Sutēji?) is the one-hundred twenty-seventh and overall final episode of Taki Gaiden: The Kunoichi Who Leapt Through Time and the forty-seventh and final episode of the second season. It is the fifth and final part of the Kamen Rider Kuuga and Kamen Rider W tribute arcs, as well as the conclusion of the alternate ending to the Zi-O TV series canon. It revisits Taki's battle with Toki from the 19th episode of the first season.
Continuity and Placement[]
Taki's battle against Toki from episode 19 in the first season is revisited in this episode. The only main difference here is that Taki fights her former mentor as a Kamen Rider.
Synopsis[]
With both the Kamen Riders' and the Soulcalibur timelines repaired, balance has been restored to the space-time continuum. Taki, however, is still stranded in the year 2018. However, when Zasalamel appears before her and offers her to return back to her time, Natsu decides to stay in the present with her friends in school, contented of her own happiness. With an emotional farewell to her friends in the present, Taki returns to the 16th century, but not without reassuring of a possible return.
Five months after the reset, Goro, still unable to move on after Taki's departure, knowing that she might never return, builds a Time Mazine with help from Sento and Katsuragi, in hopes of going into the past to tell Taki of how he feels for her before eventually letting her go for good.
Plot[]
2019
The episode begins with Taki's allies in the modern era moving on with their lives following her departure back to the past, whereas Goro is still struggling to move on without Taki, due to the fact that he was unable to properly say goodbye to her. However, Black Woz visits his office and presents to him a book that chronicled the demon huntress's ordeals across space-time, along with how she saved the world as well as Ohma Zi-O's sacrifice. Confused at first, Goro found a hope to say goodbye after Black Woz told him to build a Time Mazine, with help from Sento and surprisingly, Takumi Katsuragi, now a separate individual from Sento.
Two weeks later, the Time Mazine is completed; Sento, Goro, and Banjo head to the 16th century to find Taki.
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Taki is seen fighting her former master Toki, now possessed by Gel-O-Fury, much like the last time she fought him in the previous timeline, Toki gains the upper hand that is until a portal created from the rift of space-time continuum opens and a magenta-colored Time Mazine emerges, Goro then tosses the Beyondriver and the Taki Miridewatch to her. Taki then transforms into Kamen Rider Taki Genesis Type.
Black Woz appears and proclaims upon her transformation then Taki proceeds to engage Toki in a fierce battle, Taki regains control of the battle as she reunites with Gurenryu and combined into MugenryuTaki once more, defeating Toki and ending his madness once and for all.
After gaining closure with the dying Toki, Taki returns to the Fu-Ma Ninja Clan village, Shuki reveals that Taki is now exonerated from being an outcast and offers her to become the head of the clan. However, Taki declines and decided to return into the Reiwa era with her allies, declaring that her duty is complete. Following that, Goro proposes to Taki for marriage, to which she eventually accepts. Taki and her allies bid farewell to the Fu-Ma clan and return back to the present.
2019
After the ordeal, Taki reunites with the rest of her allies. Five months later, Taki and Goro finally tie the knot, as a wedding is held for them. Among those present are Team Build, and even Natsu's friends in the school (i.e., Sougo, Tsukuyomi, and even Geiz). Upon walking down the aisle on the way outside the church, the bouquet in Taki's person is thrown, with the bridesmaid fighting among themselves to claim it, only for Sougo to catch it, much to the surprise of his friends.
From afar, Tsukasa took a picture of Taki and Goro's wedding before leaving on a dimensional wall. Black Woz proclaims rejoice to the newlyweds, ending the episode.
Cast[]
Form Changes and Collectibles Used[]
Miridewatches[]
- Watch used:
- Taki
- Taki, Mugenryu
- Taki
- Futurering(s) used:
- Taki
- Genesis Type, MugenryuTaki Almighty Type
- Taki
- Dragon(s) summoned by MugenryuTaki:
Notes[]
- This is the only episode of Taki Gaiden where it doesn't include the year relevant to that particular episode.
- In a fitting book-end to the series, the first episode is titled Prologue ~A.D. 1583~. As the season finale, the title begins with "Epilogue", indicating as a sendoff to the series.
- Woz's speech after Taki's transformation is a callback to his speech dedicated to the latter's transformation into MugenryuTaki.
- The revisiting of Taki's battle against Toki is symbolic with Taki's closure after resetting both the Kamen Riders' and Soulcalibur timelines. Due to the fact that during the events of Soulcalibur V, Taki went off to confirm if Toki was alive; prompting Natsu to journey to find her missing master.
- The final scene of the episode featuring the wedding of Taki and Goro with Team Build, along with Sougo and his friends in attendance is similar to Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Ghost & Drive: Super Movie War Genesis, where the movie ends with the wedding of Shinnosuke Tomari and Kiriko Shijima, with their colleagues in the Special Investigation Unit and Shinnosuke's successor, Takeru Tenkuji are among those who attended.
- Additionally, both Black Woz and Tsukasa Kadoya are present in the wedding. Woz ends the story by proclaiming "Rejoice to the newlyweds!" (祝え！新婚夫婦に！ Iwae! Shinkon fūfu ni!?), and Tsukasa taking the picture of the newlywed Taki and Goro.
See also[]
- Aftermath ~A.D. 2019~ - the season finale of Taki Gaiden's first season.
External Links[]
- Epilogue: Farewell to the Stage of History on FanFiction.Net.